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In this example, we will create a two-way Trusted Apps application link between a "local" FishEye server with UAL ((http://fisheye.example.com/ in this example) and a "remote" JIRA server without UAL (http://jira.example.com/ in this example). We'll add the link from the FishEye server.

In FishEye, do the following:

1. Specifying the Remote Application

First, we need to specify which application we are linking to. Enter the URL for the JIRA server in the 'Link to another server' dialogue, as shown in the screenshot below, and click 'Next'.

Screenshot: Entering the server URL

2. Creating the Application Link

Enter an 'Application Name' and choose the 'Application Type' to be 'JIRA'. Click the 'Create' button. The application link will be created and displayed on the 'Configure Application Links' page.

Our JIRA server does not have UAL, so we cannot automatically create a link back to our FishEye server nor set up authentication. We'll manually set these up in the next step.

Screenshot: Creating the application link

3. Configuring Authentication for the Application Link

We are going to use Trusted Apps authentication for all incoming and outgoing requests via the application link, as both servers share the same userbase. Trusted Apps authentication is recommended when both applications fully trust each other and share the same set of users (read more about configuring Trusted Apps authentication). Other authentication configurations are described in Configuring Authentication for an Application Link.

On the 'Configure Application Links' page, click the 'Configure' link next to the application link just created. The configuration dialogue for the application link will be displayed.

First, we need to configure our JIRA server to trust our FishEye server. Navigate to the 'Outgoing Authentication' tab on the configuration dialogue and click the 'Configure' button on the 'Trusted Applications' sub-tab. Click the 'Apply' button to apply trusted apps authentication.

We also need to configure our FishEye server to trust our JIRA server. Navigate to the 'Incoming Authentication' tab on the configuration dialogue and click the 'Configure' button on the 'Trusted Applications' sub-tab. Click the 'Apply' button to apply trusted apps authentication.

Screenshot: Setting up Trusted Apps authentication for an application link (click to view larger image)

4. Additional JIRA Configuration

Our JIRA server does not have UAL, so we need to perform additional trusted apps configuration in JIRA before our application link will work.

Follow the instructions on adding a trusted app in the JIRA documentation: Configuring Trusted Applications. You will need to enter the following information:

• 'Base URL' — Enter the URL of your FishEye server, 'http://fisheye.example.com/'
• 'Application Name' — Enter the name for your FishEye server, 'Example FishEye'.
• 'Timeout' — '10000'
• 'IP Addresses' — Leave this blank, unless you are using a proxy server (if so, see the trusted apps documentation for further instructions).
• 'URL Patterns' — Enter the following URLs: /sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest, /secure/RunPortlet, /rest, /rpc/soap

You may also want to enable issues activity in your activity stream. To do this, navigate to your Application Links and click the 'JIRA settings' link next to your application link. Tick the 'Include in 'Activity Streams' checkbox and click 'Save'.

Congratulations, you've just created an application link!

Once you have added an application link, you may wish to link entities between the applications. An entity is one of the following:

• JIRA project
• Confluence space
• FishEye repository
• FishEye project (this is the Crucible project if it is a FishEye/Crucible server, otherwise it is the paths associated via the 'FishEye Project Content' function in FishEye)
• Crucible project
• Bamboo project

In the following example, we'll create an two-way entity link between a JIRA project (project key is 'MYPROJECT') and a FishEye repository (repository key is 'MYREPO'), for the application link we previously created.

First, navigate to the FishEye administration console and find the repository that you want to link from. Click the icon and select 'Application Links' from the dropdown menu. The entity links screen will be displayed.

Screenshot: Entity links for a FishEye repository

Click 'Add Entity Link' and click the remote application where the target entity is located. In this case, it will be the 'Example JIRA' application that we linked to previously. The add entity link dialogue will be displayed.

Screenshot: Adding an entity link

Enter the key ('MYPROJECT') and an alias, i.e. display name, for the entity ('My Project'). Click 'Create' to create the entity link.

Congratulations, you've just added an entity link!

You've now successfully linked your JIRA server to a FishEye server. Try out some of the integration features enabled by your new application link, including:

• Link Rendering
• Viewing the FishEye changesets in a JIRA project or issue
• Viewing JIRA issues in your FishEye activity
• Add the FishEye Charts Gadget and Recent Changes to your JIRA dashboard.